The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-30


This [ do know, that several very pro-
minent Senators are utterly opposed tO
anV such measure, and II opportunity is
allowed them thev will oppose It's pas
sage with all the strength they possess.
They realize that the bill is fraught with
the most dangerous precedents. They
comnrahend that to reach certain
noint or accomplish certain end, the
Constitution of the country is beng
strained /. not overridden, to an extent
that has never been attempted before
The press of the county admit the
same thing. The most bItCer anti Nor
mon looks with fear upon the enactment
of any such legislation. He realizes
that it might open an avenue to which
there is no end, and that after all the
Mormons, in common with other citi-
zens of this country, have some rights
which ought to be respected; some
rights, in fact, which must be respected.
Except in certain quarters, the reyuision
OF feeling against the Edmunds-rUcker
bill is very marked. By it free people
are to be subjected to slavery of The
worst kind. Everything that is near
and dear to them is to DE torn from
their grasp. A vast majority is TO be
ruled by small minority. The DORIS
to be opened wide for plumber. Surely
no such infamous measure can ever be
cJme law. Time will tell.
The week in Congress may be said Ito
nave been uneventful. The passage by
the House OF the interstate commerce
Till was a foregone conclusion The
measure had been thoroughly discussed
in the Senate and passed By that very
reverend body. 1t came over 70 the
House, was Immediately taken up, dis
cussed and now it is IN the hands OF the
President. The inter state commerce
DILL is one of those measures The real
aecess " for which nobody can tiuC
out. Like many other documents that
are the result of an ocean OF legislative
wisdom, the bill is so full of am 0iguity
that it will puzzle the best of lawy ers
No end OF trouble MAJ be expected the
moment the act is put in operation.
NumberlesS questions will arise under
the bill which the commissioners ma
construe one way and the United States
court conStrue another way. 1t will
cause Lively times in railroad circles and
perhaps the law will be evaded alto
gether, or in some shape or form made
to become dead letter. l notice it is
viewed with serious distrust in the west.
MI. AlUCIJ ACCpf VI lAO Stlt-
cago g. North Western, does not favor
the bin at all. He thinks it will work
fearfully hard against the west. 1t may
be that President Cleveland will veto
the bill, but the chances in that Girec-
ton are very small. A synopsis OF
the bill has, no doubt, been published
in the columns of THE HERALD. An
interested public, therefore, will be
able to come to its own conclusion.
The tariff question still remains in the
background. There is any amount Of
talk as to what the.Randall faction are
going to co, but up 10 the present.
moment their hand has not been made
plain. Verify, something must be done
upon this subject before an adjourn
ment Is had i'll March. Mr.. Randall is
a shrewd politician and one that knows
exactly how 10 deal with public opinion
upon the tariff or any other question.
have hope, therefore, that before
many days pass away he will have the
floor with some proposition that viii
have for its object the reduction
of the eighty millions OF a surplus
now lynn in the treasury of the Unit
States. It may be that The scheme he
will propose will no. please everybody,
but wha'eVer the proposition it Will ue
N the right direction.
The attention of the public in Wash
ington during the past week hiss been
divided between the proceedings i'll the
old Circuit Court and the TWO branches
of the national legislature. The inter
est in the former. however, has far ex
ceeded that manifested in the latter
Every body seemed highly interested in
the Emmons trial; very few cared the
snap of the finger for the proceedings
in Congress. The Circuit Court has
been crowded to overfiowing every day
with the exception OF Friday last, when
every body was excluded from the court.
Not because the proceedings were of
nature that called for privacy, but be
cause the women who have attended
the trial from Gay to day became so
demonstratiye in their sympathy for
Mrs. EmmOns that the marshal, with
the advice OF the court, decided to ex-
clude the general public from the court
room altogether.
The harsh and seemingly ungallant
conduct on the part of the marshal
was not unexpected. Time and time
again he had threatened Ito clear the
court" if the audience did not cease
to show its approval or disapproval
with any part of the proceedings, and
the threat having gone unheeded, every
mothers son and daughter were left ouri
in the cold ON Friday last. The women
were there in great force, but it was no
use, the marshal kept the whole crowd
outside. Under promise of good be
havior he has promised to again admit
the public to day. Women have prom
lSed to be as indemonStratiye as mutes.
and the marshal is perfectly sure they
will not keep their promise. The case
is drawing to a close. The jury are
getting tired, and are ready to render
verdict right away. Mrs. Emmons will
be declared sane. Everybody admins
that she is little eccentric. but there is
a wide difference between eccentricity
and insanity.
Notwithstanding the death of many
prominent people at the capital, within
the last few weeks. the world
OF society moves on as before. The age
is so fast that there is little time for
me- urning. With many people the
motto seems 20 be "out of sight out of
mind" Not that thi, is the case with
Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Hazen. TIE
former is still Frustrated with grief,
While the latter, thousands of miles
away when news of the death of her
husband reached her, is in state OF
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